The 2017 PALACE CUP will be held from 5th till 9th April 2017 at Pałac Prymasowski in Warsaw (Poland). This event is organized by Bridge24.pl foundation and Congress&Exhibition Centre Pałac Prymasowski.

Leggi in italiano » The German Federation (DBV -Deutscher Bridge Verband) has released a new statement about Elinescu-Wladow’s Affaire: the hearing before the Civil Court of Cologne will not be held on November 22nd, 2016, as previously announced. The hearing has been postponed […]

Tommy Gulliksen and Trond Høines made a documentary about Boye Brogeland and his work to clean the game of bridge from cheating. This documentary was brodcasted by a popular Norwegian TV, TV2 on April 6th, 2016. It is finally translated to English from Norwegian and it […]

So the First Yeh Online Bridge World Cup has ended – but it heralds the start of a new chapter in the great history of bridge. Our congratulations go to the winning team, Lavazza: Norberto Bocchi, Emanuela Lavazza, Bénédicte Cronier, Giorgio Duboin, Agustin Madala, Sylvie Willard, and Maria Teresa Lavazza (NPC).

Leggi in italiano » The team sponsored by Maria Teresa Lavazza has won the Team of Four Gold tournament: Zia Mahmood, Giorgino Duboin, Norberto Bocchi and Dennis Bilde grab the Naresh Tandan Trophy and a prize money of 2,000,000 Indian rupees.

Leggi in italiano » The 14th HCL International Bridge Championships are underway in New Delhi (India). The team sponsored by Maria Teresa Lavazza (Zia Mahmood – Giorgino Duboin, Norberto Bocchi – Dennis Bilde) is playing the Team of Four Gold tournament.

As announced by Neapolitan Club, last June the Italian Federation (FIGB) had invited the partnership Bocchi-Madala to represent the Italian Open Team for the 2016 season: the European Championships in Budapest and the World Games (ex-Olympics) […]

It has been almost nine months since the bridge world has been confronted with what seems to be the biggest scandal in its history. Among others, Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes – the number 1 and 2 players of […]

There is in Italy an important book published in 1941 and never translated in English: it is “Il Gioco di Compressione nel Bridge”, di Adolfo Giannuzzi (translation: squeeze play; but this article is not dealing […]

Giorgino Duboin’s column

The Neapolitan Club staff is honoured to welcome a new illustrious contributor: Giorgino Duboin. The great Italian champion will write a series of articles mostly dedicated to his international bridge activities. Duboin's Column »

Norberto Bocchi’s column

The great Italian champion Norberto Bocchi contributes articles on a regular basis to Neapolitan Club. Norberto refers in his column ‘My Way’ to political issues which may arise in the bridge world and sometimes he describes interesting hands. Read Bocchi's column» Read Bocchi's interviews»

Rhoda Walsh Notes

Walsh No Trump Notes by Rhoda Walsh: a study on No Trump openings with their developments in uncontested and contested auctions. Table of Contents » Annotations by Rhoda Walsh on the 1 Notrump game forcing response in the "2 over 1 game forcing system" (Walsh System).Table of Contents»

Silvio Sbarigia

SILVIO SBARIGIA is a pharmacist; he was born in Rome and lives there. He has won the European championship in 1975 with legendary Blue Team, runner up at 1974’s and at Olympic games of 1976. Sbarigia is member of Neapolitan Club Technical Commettee. His bridge problems aren’t difficult; just we need to think on a plan and to avoid the instinctive playing. Bridge quizzes by Sbarigia »